W Hotels debuts in Southeast Asia

W Hotels debuts its first hotel in Southeast Asia with the newly opened W Retreat Koh Samui. An all-villa beachfront resort is located at the peak of the north short of Thailand's Samui Island. With the vibrancy and design The Luxury Travel Bible expects when checking into a W Hotel this new hotel also offers panoramic sunrise and sunset view of the Gulf of Thailand and each of the 75 villas include private pools, Yamaha sound system, plasma screen, the signature W bed and W Hotel's Whatever/Whenever® service. The opening of W Koh Samui also marks another milestone as W Hotels continues to grow and are now on track to double its portfolio to more than 50 hotels by 2012. www.whotels.com/kohsamui